STEW-MAP in the New York City Region : survey results of the Stewardship Mapping and Assessment Project, 2017 / Laura Landau [and four others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Landau, Laura, author.

Contributor:

United States. Forest Service. Northern Research Station, issuing body.

Series:

General technical report NRS ; 189.

General technical report NRS ; 189

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stewardship Mapping and Assessment Project (U.S.).

Environmental management--New York Metropolitan Area--Citizen participation.

Environmental management.

Environmentalism--New York Metropolitan Area--Citizen participation.

Environmentalism.

Social surveys--New York Metropolitan Area.

Social surveys.

Citizens' associations--New York Metropolitan Area.

Citizens' associations.

Nonprofit organizations--New York Metropolitan Area.

Nonprofit organizations.

Environmental management--Citizen participation.

New York (State)--New York Metropolitan Area.

Genre:

technical reports.

Technical reports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (69 pages) : color illustrations, color maps

Other Title:

Stewardship Mapping and Assessment Project in the New York City Region

Survey results of the Stewardship Mapping and Assessment Project, 2017

STEW-MAP NYC Region 2017 report

Place of Publication:

Newtown Square, PA : United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station, June 2019.

Summary:

"The Stewardship Mapping and Assessment Project (STEW-MAP) began in 2007 as a way to understand and map civic capacity to care for the environment across New York City. In 2017, we implemented a ten-year update to STEW-MAP in New York City's five boroughs and expanded it to the larger metropolitan area as a regional pilot survey. In this report, we share our preliminary findings about the civic stewardship groups working to care for the local environment through conservation, monitoring, management, transformation, education, and advocacy. The data presented include organizational characteristics, collaboration networks, and geographic turf. The results from the STEW-MAP survey show that civic environmental stewardship is a vital force in the neighborhoods of New York City and the surrounding region. Combined, the respondent stewardship groups represent an estimated 540,000 members and staff, working in every borough and county and with budgets totaling approximately $800 million. This capacity is spread across groups from different sectors including public health, social services, transportation, education, housing and faith-based organizations. They work at different geographic and professional scales, but many share the goal of improving their communities. The work of civic stewardship groups impacts not only the physical environment but the social fabric of the places they live. This report highlights some key findings, and also points to further research questions to consider for future publications."

Notes:

"Publication date June 2019."

Includes bibliographical references (page 54).

Online resource, PDF version; title from cover (USFS, viewed June 21, 2019).

OCLC:

1105200593